Eight Policemen Plead Not Guilty To Drug Consumption Charges

Eight police officers pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here today to charges of drug consumption last month. The accused are Lance Cpls Mohammad Muizzuddin Mohamad Taib, 29; Wan Muneer Abdullah, 36; Sgt Mohd Khairi Zakaria, 55; Mohd Fazly Long, 45; (rank unspecified); Cpl Muhammad Azri Zakariya, 35; Lance Cpls G. Selva Kumar, 36; S. Sarvindran, 28; and Francis Nawan Johny, 35. The defendants, who were charged separately, entered their pleas before Magistrates M. Kalaiarasi and Khairatul Animah Jelani.